| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (3) |  | Beetlejuice (1988) | £214,901 | £279,371 | £1,886,360 | -29% | 4 |
| 2 (2) |  | Big Business (1988) | £202,080 | £293,016 | £598,215 | -34% | 2 |
| 3 (1) |  | Rambo III (1988) | £170,621 | £230,338 | £1,227,045 | -46% | 3 |
| 4 (new) |  | The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) | £153,516 | £153,516 | £153,516 | new | 1 |
| 5 (4) |  | Coming to America (1988) | £147,103 | £191,234 | £3,207,019 | -44% | 6 |
| 6 (new) | | Drowning By Numbers (1988) | £99,000 | £99,000 | £99,000 | new | 1 |
| 7 (5) |  | The Presidio (1988) | £82,736 | £111,694 | £1,018,894 | -41% | 4 |
| 8 (6) |  | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) | £22,199 | £32,189 | £2,862,931 | -37% | 9 |
| 9 (7) |  | School Daze (1988) | £16,062 | £22,487 | £591,052 | -50% | 5 |
| 10 (8) |  | Crocodile Dundee II (1988) | £11,020 | £14,326 | £7,077,616 | -50% | 12 |
| 11 (12) |  | Three Men and a Baby (1987) | £4,388 | £6,143 | £6,812,443 | -9% | 23 |
| 12 (11) | | Vice Versa (1988) | £4,288 | £6,003 | £468,688 | -38% | 8 |